. >> i'm judy woodruff of the pbs newshour. on the night of the state of the union address there is one subject almost everyone in the chamber is worrying about: the nation's continuing fiscal crisis. tonight frontline tells the inside story of how a clash of politics and personalities took the nation to the edge of the fiscal cliff. but those battles are not over-- more deadlines loom over steep mandatory cuts in federal spending, another debt ceiling vote, along with new worries over the effect of any cuts on a still-weak economy. at issue is nothing less than the size and responsibility of the federal government. we call the film "cliffhanger." frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park found